Hello, sorry for the verbose question but I think an answer would need all these details. I used Blender 2.49 for a few years on my Mac with no problems and all good. I now have a new PC (Windows 7 Pro) and downloaded Blender to use, only to be very disappointed with the horrible Maya/Fisher Price lay out. No problem I will get an older version. I downloaded 2.49 and installed only to get “Compiled with Python version 2.6.2 import site failed..... some scripts may not run. Continuing happily”. I down loaded Python 2.6.2 and followed all instructions in the community forum post “ Getting Blender to find Python in Windows XP” . I still get the message even after re-installing Blender. I really am at my wits end with this as I have no interest in all the Path, Scripts stuff I just like making models and using them in Second Life. Please could somebody give me a step by step guide on how to get the older version to work with all scripts. I do not remember having any of these problems back in the day on my Mac? Thanks for your patience.